COTTON CENTER ISD

P.O. Box 350

Cotton Center, Texas 79021

Board of Trustees

Agenda

Cotton Center ISD hereby gives notice that a Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Cotton Center ISD will be held on Monday, January 14, 2008 beginning at 8:00 P.M. in the Cotton Center ISD Administration/Board Conference Room. The Administration/School Board Conference Room is located at 2345 F.M. 179, Cotton Center, Texas 79021.

The subjects to be discussed, consented and / or have formal action taken on are as follows: (Items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown on the meeting notice.)

 1.         Call to order, Invocation and declare a quorum.

 2.         Public participation--  Public participation is encouraged as long as the guidelines as described in school board policy, BED are followed.

 3.         CONSENT ITEMS:

All of the following items, which concern reports and items of a routine nature normally approved at a board meeting, will be approved by one vote unless any board member desires to have a separate vote on any or all of these items. The consent agenda consists of the discussion, consideration, and approval of the following items:

                        A.        Approval of Minutes for previous Board meeting(s).

                        B.        Approval of Payment of Bills.

                        C.        Approval of Monthly Finance Reports.

                        D.        Approval of Tax Reports.

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:

 4.         Consideration of and action to adopt the Board Operating Procedures Manual.

 5.         Consideration of and action to approve District/Campus Improvement Plan.

 6.         Consideration of and action to approve continued membership with Texas Association of School Boards and with it the participation in the BuyBoard, HR Services, Lone Star Investment Pool, Unemployment Compensation, First Public, Legal Assistance Fund, OnSite Environmental, Property/Casualty, and Workers’ Compensation programs.

INFORMATION ITEMS:

 7.         Review Items / Various Reports.

                        a.         Principal’s report of activities.

                        b.         Enrollment figures

                        c.         Superintendent’s report.

PERSONNEL ACTION ITEMS(S):

 8.         Possible Executive Session

Board President call the board to enter closed session to discuss the following

                        a.         Personnel (TGCS 551.074)

                        b.         Evaluation of the Superintendent (TGCS 551.074)

                        c.         Exit executive session

 9.         Action to Acknowledge completion of the Superintendent’s Evaluation.

10.       Adjourn or recess to the following day(s) for the completion of agenda items.

I the undersigned authority, hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Cotton Center Independent School District is a correct copy of the Notice and that I posted the Notice on the posting area for public notices in the district’s administration office located at Cotton Center ISD in Cotton Center, Texas on _Friday___, the 11^th day of January, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Cotton Center ISD Superintendent

If during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the Board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, sub-chapters D and E. Before any closed meeting is convened, the presiding officer will publicly identify the section or sections of the act.

Summary of January 14, 20088 Board Meeting

1.         Call to order, Declare that there is a quorum at _____________ p.m..

            Members present:

2.         Public Participation Section

According to the policy, an individual wanting to address the board shall sign-up prior to the meeting and indicate the subject that they want to address the board.

3.         Consent agenda

All items can be approved with a single motion and vote. Should anyone item be a concern to any board member, the board member can request that it be considered separately.

            Recommendation:      Motion to approve items A-D of the Consent agenda.

4.         This is the board operating manual that we discussed with David Backus.

            Recommendation:    Motion to adopt the Board Operating Procedures manual as recommended.

5.         The District and Campus Improvement plan must be revised annually and approved by the board. This is the recommended revisions by the Site Based Committee.

            Recommendation:    Motion to approve the District/Campus Improvement plans.

6.         Continued membership with Texas Association of School Boards and with it the participation in the BuyBoard, HR Services, Lone Star Investment Pool, Unemployment Compensation, First Public, Legal Assistance Fund, OnSite Environmental, Property/Casualty, and Workers’ Compensation programs

            Recommendation:    Motion to approve Continued membership with TASB including participation with the BuyBoard, HR Services, Lone Star Investment Pool, Unemployment Compensation, First Public, Legal Assistance Fund, OnSite Environmental, Property/Casualty, and Workers’ Compensation programs

7.         A.        Principal’s report

            B.        Enrollment report

            C.        Superintendent’s Report

 8.         Possible closed session to discuss the evaluation of the Superintendent.

 9.         Acknowledgment of the completion of the evaluation of the Superintendent

            Recommendation:    Motion to acknowledge the completion of the Superintendent’s Evaluation.

10.       Adjournment

            Recommendation:    Motion to adjourn the meeting at ____________ p.m.